Theodore Frelinghuysen

Theodore Frelinghuysen (28 March 1787-12 April 1862) was a US Senator from New Jersey (NR) from 4 March 1829 to 3 March 1835 (succeeding Mahlon Dickerson and preceding Garret D. Wall) and Mayor of Newark from 10 November 1837 to 10 November 1838 (succeeding William Halsey and preceding James Miller).

Biography
Theodore Frelinghuysen was born in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey in 1787, and he came from a prominent Dutch colonial family. He became an attorney in 1808 and set up a law practice in Newark, going on to serve as Attorney General of New Jersey from 1817 to 1829. Frelinghuysen became a Democratic-Republican senator, opposing President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act. From 1837 to 1838, he also served as Mayor of Newark. In 1844, he became the Whig vice-presidential candidate as Henry Clay's running mate, but they lost the election to Democrat James K. Polk. He went on to serve as Chancellor of New York University from 1839 to 1850 and as President of Rutgers University from 1850 to 1862, when he died.